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After a failure to run a blood test during chemotherapy, 20-year-old Shawn Rial dies of an infection with his immune system too weak to fight it.

Two months after his cancerous testical was removed, 20-year-old Shawn Rial underwent a week of inpatient chemotherapy.  His family was told testicular…

After two children are killed by a driver high on Opiates, it is revealed Kaiser responsible for endemic overprescription with no safeguards to keep addicts from doctor shopping.

Doctor ignored ever frequent contractions from overdue expecting mother. After being sent home numerous times, her daughter is stillborn

Beth Stover, 40, was past her due date when she went in for a stress test to determine if labor should be…

A toddler shows signs of a congenital heart disease and signs of high blood pressure. But when going into surgery the Doctor ignores the elevated risks and installs a device that malfunctions, leading to her premature death

Girl is misdiagnosed as having the flu, so her pneumonia goes untreated, leading to her death

She had a fever, vomiting and shortness of breath.  But when her mom took 10-year-old Daniela Zelig to the hospital, doctors took…

Woman goes in for abdominal surgery and contracts a flesh eating disease, exacerbated by a negligent doctor

Alicia Cole was a successful actress in Los Angeles for decades.  A Los Angeles native, she had spent many years working in…

Infant suffers from whooping cough during epidemic. But after a series of hospital visits doctors refuse to run tests that would have uncovered the illness leading to her death

The death of a six-week-old child from an illness that could have been easily diagnosed and suc

After long treatments with opioids, young man seeks relief from addiction from doctors. But after a mix up in medications, doctors overprescribe and kill.

Alex Smick had a wonderful life mapped out for himself.

Once a woman is rushed to the hospital with diverticulitis, she sustains a laceration on her artery leading to her death. But her low income status ensures her family will not be compensated for the injustice.

Around their Fresno neighborhood, Daphne McClendon-Ricks was known to all the kids simply as &l

A mentally disabled woman goes into a hospital for abdomen pain. But a failure to diagnose sepsis, a dangerous cocktail of drugs, and an nonexistent “Do Not Resuscitate” order leads to her death.

Cali Andrist was a 58-year-old mentally disabled woman.

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